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South Dakota Travel Monitoring System
Travel activity indicators for Region Statewide, August 2008.

Travel activity indicators (Define)

August 2007  

August 2008  

2008 Versus 2007 

August 

Summer 

Year-to-Date
 

Indicators of overall travel activity

Rural highway traffic counts

240,972 

227,814 

-5.5% 

-4.5% 

-2.7% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel overnight stays

511,684 

517,939 

1.2% 

0.2% 

1.5% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel occupancy rates

75.2% 

73.5% 

-2.2% 

-3.1% 

-0.9% 

Smith Travel Research average hotel/motel room rates

$89.89 

$93.69 

4.2% 

6.7% 

6.3% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel revenue per available room

$67.60 

$68.87 

1.9% 

3.4% 

5.3% 

Lodging sales tax (Deflated)

$49,426,185.22 

$49,938,224.21 

1.0% 

-2.1% 

-1.4% 

Tourism Tax Due (Deflated)

 

$899,899.91 

 

 

 

BBB Tax Due (Deflated)

 

$1,744,510.04 

 

 

 
 

Indicators of recreational travel as a subset of overall travel activity

Aggregate attractions attendance

902,098 

912,488 

1.2% 

-4.6% 

-5.0% 

State park attendance

1,089,569 

1,152,389 

5.8% 

2.4% 

1.0% 

State park campground occupancy rates

40.5% 

47.5% 

17.3% 

2.8% 

1.7% 

Deadwood gaming tax (Deflated)

$805,973.55 

$838,263.73 

4.0%  

2.5%  

4.7%  

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National Social and Economic Indicators (Define)

U.S. Unemployment rate

4.6% 

6.1% 

32.6% 

26.3% 

17.7% 

U.S. Consumer Price Index

207.9 

219.1 

5.4% 

5.3% 

4.6% 

U.S. Travel Price Index

 

270.7 

 

 

 

Regular unleaded gasoline prices

2.78 

3.74 

34.7% 

34.1% 

30.4% 

Expectations Index (EI)

89.2 

54.1 

-39.3% 

-49.3% 

-43.4% 

Present Situation Index (PSI)

130.1 

65.0 

-50.0% 

-50.7% 

-38.7% 

Consumer Confidence Index
(composite of EI and PSI)

105.6 

58.5 

-44.6% 

-50.0% 

-41.1% 

Euros per U.S. dollar

0.73 

0.67 

-8.9% 

-11.9% 

-12.6% 

Canadian Dollars Per U.S. dollar

1.06 

1.05 

-0.4% 

-2.8% 

-9.1% 

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August

Summer 

Year-To-Date

Year-over-year results for all regions

 

       

 

August

Summer 

Full Years

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Trends in several indicators of travel activity, all for Region Statewide 

 




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